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>> rachel jeantel, the friend who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he was shot said he was trying to get away from a man who was following him. >> creepy ass cracker i heard trayvon saying and get off of me. >> but then came neighbor john good, a prosecution witness whose story seemed to bolster zimmerman's defense. >> i could tell the person on the bottom had a lighter ske eed color. >> did you feel it exaggerated the manner in which he was hit? >> yes, sir. >> the courtroom was riveted by the testimony of grieving parents sybrina fulton and tracy martin, who talked about losing their 17-year-old son. >> my world has been turned upside down. >> and late in the trial prosecutor john guy used a mannequin to demonstrate the state's theory of the case. >> were you aware the defendant described to his best friend that when he slid down, the defendant slid down, that trayvon martin was up around his armpits? were you aware of that? >> no, i've not heard that. >> where would the gun be now? >> now the gun would be behind your left leg. >> okay. >> defense attorney mark o'm
>> rachel jeantel, the friend who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he was shot said he was trying to get away from a man who was following him. >> creepy ass cracker i heard trayvon saying and get off of me. >> but then came neighbor john good, a prosecution witness whose story seemed to bolster zimmerman's defense. >> i could tell the person on the bottom had a lighter ske eed color. >> did you feel it exaggerated the manner in which he was hit?...
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i want to ask you quite specifically about rachel jeantel and the role that played in the decision of this jury. >> i don't know. i would like to emphasize, the jury didn't necessarily have to believe george zimmerman's version of the events. all they have to believe is the state did not believe what happened in the four minutes between the police dispatcher's events and the moment trayvon martin was shot. rachel jeantel was meant to fill in those four mince by saying when her phone call concluded with trayvon martin and he was saying, get off, someone was attacking him. for whatever reason the jury appears to not have believed her testimony. i want to each sighs, the issue is not that the jury necessarily believed george zimmerman, it's that they did not feel the prosecution sufficiently proved their version of events is what occurred. >> what do you make of mark o r o'ma o'mara's statement if he were black he would not have been charged. >> i was shocked. i had a visceral reaction to it. lets play out that scenario and go along with his claim. a black man 28 years old spots a white
i want to ask you quite specifically about rachel jeantel and the role that played in the decision of this jury. >> i don't know. i would like to emphasize, the jury didn't necessarily have to believe george zimmerman's version of the events. all they have to believe is the state did not believe what happened in the four minutes between the police dispatcher's events and the moment trayvon martin was shot. rachel jeantel was meant to fill in those four mince by saying when her phone call...
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jeantel, that could not have been the guy punching george zimmerman. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. all of you. >>> thank you. >>> coming up, cecile richards will join us with the latest from texas and the legislative fight over women's reproductive freedom there. >>> and there is news tonight from wikileaks, indicating tomorrow will be a big day for edward snowden. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, a classic american movie rewritten by its star, dustin hoffman. in his own words you will hear the material on the road to discovery, the essence of the character. and in this case, the character he was playing was a woman in "tootsie." and the moment that he discovered, that brought him and maybe you to tears. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't get that very often. it seemed like it was more than happy to have us in his home. so beautiful. avo: more travel. more options. more personal. whatever you're looking for expedia has more ways to help you fin
jeantel, that could not have been the guy punching george zimmerman. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. all of you. >>> thank you. >>> coming up, cecile richards will join us with the latest from texas and the legislative fight over women's reproductive freedom there. >>> and there is news tonight from wikileaks, indicating tomorrow will be a big day for edward snowden. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, a classic american movie rewritten by...
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jeantel. >> with the mother sitting next to her. you're undermining the credibility of this witness, tainting her testimony and playing the 911 tape for the entire family together, you've eliminated the usefulness of them as a witness. if each of them testify it's trayvon's voice on 911 tape, they could pick that up because they hear the mom say it's trayvon's voice. they didn't do the family a favor by trying to appease them and the lack of prosecution. >> who do you think did a better job wrapping this up? >> i think the defense did because they have the law on their side. but i wish o'mara hit on more points. there are powerful points i think he did not make. prosecution argued emotion. you argue emotion when you don't have the law. the law is the law and they are going for an emotional verdict because the law's not on their side. >> judge alex ferrer, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >>> coming up on the show, are your monthly bills getting more expensive by the day? up next, the four phone calls you can make toda
jeantel. >> with the mother sitting next to her. you're undermining the credibility of this witness, tainting her testimony and playing the 911 tape for the entire family together, you've eliminated the usefulness of them as a witness. if each of them testify it's trayvon's voice on 911 tape, they could pick that up because they hear the mom say it's trayvon's voice. they didn't do the family a favor by trying to appease them and the lack of prosecution. >> who do you think did a...
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jeantel, that could not have been the guy punching george zimmerman. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. all of you. >>> thank you. >>> coming up, cecile richards will join us with the latest from texas and the legislative fight over women's reproductive freedom there. >>> and there is news tonight from wikileaks, indicating tomorrow will be a big day for edward snowden. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, a classic american movie rewritten by its star, dustin hoffman. in his own words you will hear the material on the road to discovery, the essence of the character. and in this case, the character he was playing was a woman in "tootsie." and the moment that he discovered, that brought him and maybe you to tears. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal worker's union. . >>> when florida governor rick scott signed a bill banning internet cafe
jeantel, that could not have been the guy punching george zimmerman. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. all of you. >>> thank you. >>> coming up, cecile richards will join us with the latest from texas and the legislative fight over women's reproductive freedom there. >>> and there is news tonight from wikileaks, indicating tomorrow will be a big day for edward snowden. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, a classic american movie rewritten by...
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once rachel jeantel used that word and indicated that the one that was driven by that may have been trayvon and not george and i get trayvon is a 17-year-old and he may not have been driven by race, but they abandoned it. she still threw it out there at the end. this was a case that should never, ever have been brought. the system was hijacked. the prosecutors every day across america, we see it all of the time as judges and lawyers and it happens when there are defendants are black. it happens when defendants are white. if they have a case and they can't make it and look at the evidence and we say i'm sorry to the victim's family, we know you want us to prosecute and we cannot prove this case because we don't have enough evidence. >> you know this process has been politically hijacked and you're not sequestered like the jury is and have to deal with the political fallout publicly. how difficult does it make your job as a judge in a case like this? >> it makes judge nelson an uncomfortable position and whether she wants to grant the judgment of acquittal in a political dynamite case where s
once rachel jeantel used that word and indicated that the one that was driven by that may have been trayvon and not george and i get trayvon is a 17-year-old and he may not have been driven by race, but they abandoned it. she still threw it out there at the end. this was a case that should never, ever have been brought. the system was hijacked. the prosecutors every day across america, we see it all of the time as judges and lawyers and it happens when there are defendants are black. it happens...